Britney Spears attends the 21st Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party at Pacific Design Center on February 24, 2013 in West Hollywood, California.

At 4 p.m. last night, it was a balmy 70 degrees in Hollywood, and Elton John could not have asked for better weather for his Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party held on the cusp of the Pacific Design Center. And the evening had only just begun.

The fab affair, sponsored by Audi Wells Fargo, Chopard and Grey Goose, brought out a record number of people and raised a record $6 million for Sir Elton’s AIDS Foundation.

Gordon Ramsey donned his chef’s garb (at least momentarily) to whip up the night’s edibles, while guests like Steven Tyler, Jared Harris, Molly Sims, Zac Efron (who seemed to want to maintain a very low profile this eve) and Nicki Minaj made the rounds. Trying to keep a low profile was Bono with beautiful daughter Eve Hewson – both of whom jetted off as soon as the awards were over to cross-town (well, really a mere 1.5 miles) over to the Vanity Fair soiree. (Truth be told, on this evening, that could take up to an hour and half with traffic).

During the course of the evening, singer Chris Brown made his way easily through the crowd, and surprisingly was not reviled, but instead revered, as he jumped from table to table.

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Guess which feet belong to Jim Carrey.

Jim Carrey – who we’ve not seen much of as of late, sat at Table 35 surrounded by Randy Jackson and Steven Tyler. While Randy was bedecked in a swank 50’s inspired ensemble talking up the newly single Carmen Electra in va va voom brick red and black satin, during the commercial breaks, Steven Tyler was wearing – well, Steven Tyler. Mr. Carrey – not to be comedically outdone by anyone donned a pair of white wings attached to his cashmere jacket. He also forgot to wear shoes, and to say that he had big feet, (see the attached photo) is an understatement. At the next table, Khloe Kardashian was in puce next to Heidi Klum in a multitude of ostrich feathers next to Molly Sims in white silk and sequins, next to the lone man – but a happy one no less – Kyle MacLachlan. Kim and Kourtney stopped by the table to say hi to their sis – Kim was in white

After the show, there was a quick round of charitable auction action – things got very heated at one point, when Dave Grohl and Chelsea Handler (with Andre Balaz by her side) went head to head in an attempt to garner the tony prize of 5 days at Steven Tyler’s compound in Molokai (Tyler exclaimed that this place was so remote, you could walk around naked all day long). Chelsea outbid Grohl when she hit $240,000 for the package, but alas, she was outbid by someone else hiding out at one of the lone tables, far from the maddening Hollywood crowd.

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